The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-02-05

| duultlOudI evidence was uOt SdtlSIdcJOT
and the claim was held for cancellation
on the ground that the residence shoul'
have been continuous. The secretary
in deciding the case upon the appeal o
Wild, says that he thinks that Will,
showed good faith in all his movement
and that the commissioner of the gen
eral land office should have given hin
the benefit of the evidence in this di
rection. 1t is true that his residence
could not be called a continuous one, a
a strict Interpretation of the law Nigh
require, but the secretary was satisfied
that a strict compliance with the lette
of the law was not contemplated b.
congress when it framed the legislation
He points again to the rulings he ha
made in several cases, allowing pre-
emptors and homestead claimants tt
leave their claims for weeks and ever
months at time. to earn livelihood
and then reverses the action Of the com
missioner and allows Wild to perfec,
his residence to as near strict compli
ance with the law as possible and tt
submit further proof. The case viii
have the effect of restoring confidence
among pre-emptors and homestead
claimants of the poorer class, who have
| been unable, as the officers of the gener.
al land office should know, to gain a
livelihood the first or second year off the
hard sod of the prairies.
Frank G. Evans has been appointed
travelling passenger agent of the Northern
Pacific. He will now have bis office al
Philadelphia, and will associate himselt
with J. H. Rogers, Jr., the company'>
present representative in that city. Mr.
Evans last summer was the ompany'>
tourist agent IN Chicago of the Yellow
stone Park travel
Chinese Competitive Examination.
IB'ackwoo IS Magazine.l
From first to last it is all tre
mendous effort of memory, each stu
dent, as he enters his cell, being
searched to make sure that he has not
concealed any scrap of paper on which
he might have lotted helpful notes,
or, worse than all, a miniature edition
of any part of the classics Each man
may bring his own Indian ink and
brushes, but he may bring no paper. To
prevent all possibility of fraud; he must
at the last moment, and at an exorbj
tant price, purchase paper which has
been stamped with the official seal
Provided with this he enters the cell,
and then only is the subject OF examina.
tion announced.
These sub ects are all themes from
the fossilized onfu,.ian classics, or
essays on the history of China, its laws,
its rites and ceremonies. At one of the
examinations each man is re juired to
write poem of twelve lines Happily
for the examiners the length of the
essays is limited 40 characters beng
the maximum and $50 the minimum
necessary corrections being provided
for, in the allowance of 100 characters,
which may be marked on the margin
The greatest stress is laid upon excel
lent handwriting. and as highly edu-
Gated Chinaman is expected to be famil-
lar with six different styles Of writing,
he has somewhat perplexing choice.
Drying { p the Zayder Zee.
FC'hica.o Tribune
The project of drying up the huge
zuyder ee is again being urged with
some vehemence A Estate Socialist
argument is now freely used; it is said
that the gigantic task will find rich en-
ployment for the Dutch working class
population for many years, among
whom social democracy is increasing
The provinces of trecht, Gelderland and
Groningen, and most of the municipali
ties whose cities and towns lie upon The
sea, have given their adhesion to the
scheme, and have empowered commits.
sion OF experts to report on the probable
cost.
On the other hand, few of the
towns, including Monnikendam and
others, protest eagerly against the
scheme, since its execution must in
fallibly convert them into truly dead
cities" If the sea should ultimately be
turned into dry land the kingdom OF
Holland will be enlarged by the addition
OF new province twice the size of thu
provint, of Utrecht The new country
has been already provided by anticipa
ton with the name of "Willemsland.
The Henr. Clay Bouquet Holder.